Archive for April, 2008
Random stuff
by Chris on April 19th, 2008 @ 6:34 pm - Tag (Life, Website) 3 Comments. 9,060 Views
I recently purchased the Railroad (Team Fortress 2) Litho print. Have to admit the quality of the print is awesome and now takes pride of place on my bedroom wall. You can also see my collection of Valve plushies 
the only one i’m currently missing is the companion cube.
Some website updates as well, first major one was updating to wordpress 2.5 and i’ve also fixed the issue with my site breaking in IE5.5 and IE6 by using overflow: hidden;.
Team Fortress 2: Meet the Scout
by Chris on April 19th, 2008 @ 2:02 pm - Tag (Games) No Comments. 21 Views
Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, I hurt people.
The comedy and timing is spot on as with all of Valve’s “Meet the…” series. The animation and quality of directing is excellent and i would literally kill to have a weekly show produced.
12 Days to go till GTA IV
by Chris on April 16th, 2008 @ 11:00 pm - Tag (Games) 3 Comments. 242 Views
Only 12 days to go till Grand Theft Auto IV hits the street. Below is the UK tv trailer…i will be awall for the entire week of the 29th 
There’s an interesting article over on eurogamer.net about how well GTA IV could sell.
All work and no running makes me…FAT
by Chris on April 8th, 2008 @ 12:26 am - Tag (Life) 1 Comment. 763 Views
So with the weather getting a bit warmer I’ve started to run again. The above image shows one of my current routes. The red line shows the first stage of my run, the blue line shows the second stage and the cyan line shows my cool down walk back home.
It’s a total of about 4 miles. Currently I’m running roughly 9 minute miles, so 35-40 minutes start to finish. Not my best, but not a bad start after 4 months of sitting on my ass in the pub drinking beer :).
Basic Web2.0 text logo tutorial
by Chris on April 7th, 2008 @ 12:33 am - Tag (Tutorial) 1 Comment. 106 Views
Step 1:
Start by creating a blank canvas (I’ve chosen to go with 800px*512px) and click ok. Fill the background with a colour or gradient of your choice.
Step 2:
Create a New Layer and select the text tool. Pick a font that is fairly strong then enter a word and choose a colour that stands out.
Step 3:
Right click on the text layer and select Blending Options. Check Outer Glow, the image below shows my settings but these will vary depending on the font and size of the text. Try and match the proportions in the image.
Step 4:
Create another new layer then Ctrl + Click the text layer. This will create a selection around the text. Now make sure you are on the new layer without loosing the selection and fill it with white and deselect it Ctrl + D.
Step 5:
Now select the Elliptical Marquee Tool. Drag the tool over your document to create a squished circle and position the center in the middle of your text. Make sure you’re still on the new layer that we filled with white and hit Delete.
Step 6:
Clear the selection and lower the Opacity of the layer till your happy with the strength of the shine on the text.
Step 7:
Duplicate the text layer then create a new layer. With the new layer selected and above the duplicated text layer merge them together Ctrl + E. With this new merged layer selected go Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Now hold shift and drag the layer down till it snaps just underneath the original text.
Step 8:
Right Click the layer and select the blending options again. Check Gradient Overlay and create a gradient that’s the same colour as your background and transparent. Click ok then set the layer Opacity till your happy with the reflection effect.
That’s it your done
